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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
John Gillespie, Jr., Libertyville, IL (US);
Ralph H. Labedz, McHenry, IL (US);
Michael Kenneth Platt, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Kenosha, WI (US);
James Frei Berrill, Cary, IL (US);
Matthew Stephen Vogel, Round Lake, IL (US);
Michelle Kowalski Greaney, Grayslake, IL (US);
John Gillespie, Jr., Libertyville, IL (US);
Ralph H. LaBedz, McHenry, IL (US);
Michael Kenneth Platt, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Kenosha, WI (US);
James Frei Berrill, Cary, IL (US);
Matthew Stephen Vogel, Round Lake, IL (US);
Michelle Kowalski Greaney, Grayslake, IL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
An infusion pump () is configured to be powered by either a disposable battery source or a rechargeable battery source. The infusion pump () has a housing () having a recess (). A motor is positioned within the housing () and is operably connected to an electrical contact () disposed in the recess (). The motor powers the pump (). The recess () receives one of a rechargeable battery unit () having an electrical contact () that contacts the recess electrical contact (), and a disposable battery unit () having an electrical contact () that contacts the recess electrical contact ().